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Queen Mother Moore: Matriarch of the Captive African Nation

February 27, 2019March 9, 2019 Akinyele Umoja #QueenMotherMoore, Activism, black nationalism, Black women, Gender, Pan-Africanism

Today’s post is part of a week-long series featuring excerpts from a special issue on activist Queen Mother Audley Moore.

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Eloise Moore, Queen Mother Moore, and Grassroots Black Nationalism

February 26, 2019August 12, 2022 Erik S. McDuffie #QueenMotherMoore, black feminism, black nationalism, black politics, Black radicalism, Black women, Communism, Communist Party, Garveyism, Gender, Marcus Garvey, Pan-Africanism

Today’s post is part of a week-long series featuring excerpts from a special issue on activist Queen Mother Audley Moore.

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Why Black Women Can’t Breathe

February 21, 2019March 31, 2019 Celeste Henery Black women, health, Racial Violence, racism

Eric Garner’s gasp “I can’t breathe” in the chokehold of a New York City Police Department officer transformed into a

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‘Force and Freedom’: A New Book About Black Abolitionists and the Politics of Violence

February 1, 2019March 31, 2019 J. T. Roane abolitionism

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

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Black Resistance in Literature, Television, and Song

January 10, 2019January 29, 2019 Matthew Teutsch film, literature, slave trade, slavery

Looking upon the Wakandan sunset at the end of Ryan Coogler’s film Black Panther (2018), T’Challa holds his cousin N’Jadaka

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